Last week, the medical equipment industry was overvalued by 14 percent to 28 percent in respect to the fair value, according to a Seeking Alpha report.
The reasons for these results include:
• Institutional investors strongly represent the industry
• The ACA's 2.3 percent medical device excise tax
• Increased mergers and acquisition leading to increased financial leverage
• Main financial ratios look high
• Litigation-related charges and impairments impacted profitability
The top 10 companies are:
1. Boston Scientific
2. Medtronic plc
3. Abbott Laboratories
4. Edwards Lifesciences
5. Becton, Dickson and Company
6. C.R. Bard
7. St. Jude Medical
8 Baxter
9. Stryker
10 Zimmer Biomet